Globe, AZ Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Globe's primary NOAA station, GLOBE #3.
The climate verdict for Globe
Dryness leads the climate profile for Globe, Arizona, with 15.6 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 64°F. It scores 85/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 85% of them.
- 64°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 85/100
- comfort score, above 85% of station-mapped location scores
- 15.6"
- yearly precipitation total
- 255 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Globe: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00023501 · Globe, AZ 64°F mean · 15.6" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 64°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,763
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Altus
- PRCP-DRY 15.6"
- SWING-MID 40°F
- COMF-TOP 85/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00023501
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Altus, OK (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AZ station list.
- Globe (this station) 64°F
- Hot Auburn, AL 64°F
- Near Altus, OK 64°F
- Near Aspermont, TX 64°F
- Near Atlanta Hartsfi…, GA 64°F
Climate Living Index · Globe
Globe: 67/100 · grade C
Globe publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Globe, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 85/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 255 days/year | 91/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 63.6°F · 3.9° from 67.5°F | 88/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 133 calendar days | 57/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 15.6 in · 19.4 from 35 in | 31/100 · F |
Globe · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Globe's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 83.7°F
- Coldest month
- 44.1°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Globe sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Globe's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 16% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Globe sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 81%
- Globe's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 34th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Globe compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Globe's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
85 Top 15% score exceeds 85% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F (13°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 2.0" | 13.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 59°F (15°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.9" | 7.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 68°F (20°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.0" | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 76°F (24°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.4" | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| May | 85°F (30°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.3" | 0.0 | 9.7 |
| June | 97°F (36°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 0.3" | 0.0 | 27.5 |
| July | 97°F (36°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 2.7" | 0.0 | 28.8 |
| August | 95°F (35°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 2.1" | 0.0 | 27.1 |
| September | 90°F (32°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 1.0" | 0.0 | 17.2 |
| October | 79°F (26°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 1.2" | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| November | 65°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 1.1" | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 56°F (13°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 1.5" | 13.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Globe works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 98°F by June 24 and hold at or above 90°F on 113 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 20 dates, bottoming at 32°F around December 24.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 27 through September 16, covering 113 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 23 to November 5.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into January 6, then returns to freezing around December 18, covering 20 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 30, when 32% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 3 at 6%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 59 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 5 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 33°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Globe.
Where Globe Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 113 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 16 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Globe earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
4.8 days with precipitation
4.6 days with precipitation
3.8 days with precipitation
2.2 days with precipitation
2.5 days with precipitation
1.8 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
3.9 days with precipitation
3.7 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
Globe spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 32% of the annual total and December through February 35%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Globe has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 39.6°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 2.7" and June 0.3". The three wettest months together take 44% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
How Globe's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 58 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 15.6" between them, or roughly 0.27 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 21
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
255 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,712
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,248
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AZ closest to Globe on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (64°F here).
- Altus, OK 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Aspermont, TX 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Auburn, AL 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Cleveland, MS 64°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (15.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Scottsbluff, NE 15.6" · 0.0" off
- Loveland, CO 15.6" · 0.0" off
- Downey, ID 15.6" · 0.0" off
- Fox, AK 15.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Globe's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 15.6 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Globe's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 39.6°F. The annual average is 64°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Globe's normal, at 2,712 and 2,248 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
Globe has a long frost-free window of roughly 255 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Globe's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Globe, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
Questions about Globe's climate
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Globe's primary station: GLOBE #3 (USC00023501). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 0428030). Match rule for Globe: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Globe comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.